Today, tax returns aren’t your only Homework

OK, #nerdland, we talked taxes today to lead off the show, so I think you already know what your tax-related “MHP” Homework is – file! You have until Tuesday, April 17 this year. Don’t pull a Romney; get those 1040s completed and sent off.

Once you’ve fulfilled your civic duty, curl up with a little light reading on other topics from today’s show.

If you really love cars, you will enjoy James Flink’s detailed account of how the automobile came to dominate American culture, public policy, and politics at the turn of the 20th century. Find “America Adopts the Automobile, 1895-1910” either online or at your local library. Also, if you really want to know how the car fundamentally altered the landscape of America’s cities, you should know the work of Robert Moses, who was profiled in this 2007 New York Times piece.

When I teach gender identity in my college courses, I often assign the bracing and revealing novel “Stone Butch Blues,” by Leslie Feinberg. This text is not about transgender identity per se, but it is a brutally honest account of gender nonconformity within gay communities. To learn more about the political, social and economic agenda of transgender Americans visit the website for the National Center for Transgender Equality, where one of our guests today, Mara Keisling, is the executive director.

And if you want to get seriously nerdy, read about the new HUD LGBT rule we discussed today on the Federal Register. Folks, this exciting document is the kind of thing we use for sources around here! And finally, if you haven’t visited the “Texts from Hillary” tumblr, now is the time!